Mekons
Aquarium Playlist, 8/29/23
EPISODE #553: LABOR DAY The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Pete Seeger — “Solidarity Forever” Pylon — “Working Is No Problem”MJ Hibbett — “Work’s All Right (If It’s a Proper Job)”The Silhouettes — ”Get a Job” Huey Lewis & the News — “Workin’ for a Livin’” Warren Zevon — “The Factory”Bruce Springsteen — “Factory” John Lennon […]
Aquarium Playlist, 7/13/21
EPISODE #443: HARD The Who — “Happy Jack” [live; ALTERNATE THEME]Keith Richards — “Take It So Hard”Cait Brennan — “A Hard Man To Love”Jimmy Cliff — “The Harder They Come”Life in a Blender — “Kiss Me Harder”Big Eyes — “Try Hard Kiss Ass”Syd Straw — “Think Too Hard”Boyracer — “He Gets Me So Hard”The Mekons […]
Aquarium Playlist, 6/2/20
EPISODE #385: BLACK LIVES MATTER 2020 in memory of George Floyd and so many othersWadada Smith and Ed Blackwell — “Uprising” [ALTERNATE THEME]Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band — “American Skin (41 Shots)”Trøn & DVD feat. Lynk & Jon Solomon — “Raps To Listen to at Night”Lucinda Williams — “Minneapolis”Gumball — “Black Payback”The Mekons […]
Aquarium Playlist, 7/16/19
EPISODE #339: MOON LANDING 50TH ANNIVERSARY (MOON III) The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Allo Darlin’ — “Neil Armstrong”The Stray Cats — “Blast Off”Frank Sinatra — “Fly Me to the Moon”Sheryl Crow — “Straight to the Moon”R.E.M. — “Man on the Moon”Sugar — “Man on the Moon”Grinderman — “Man in the Moon”Beulah — “If We Can […]
My Internet Radio Playlist, 12/29/15
EPISODE #213: LIVE HIGHLIGHTS 2015 The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Motörhead — “Ace of Spades” [R.I.P. Lemmy] The Flamin’ Groovies — “You Tore Me Down” Spain — “You and I” Nicole Atkins — “You Were the Devil” The Mekons — “The Olde Trip to Jerusalem” Louise Distras — “Shades of Hate” Colleen Green — […]
My Internet Radio Playlist, 7/28/15
EPISODE #191: THE SEA The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Hi-Life Companion — “Meet Me at the Pier” Brian Wilson with Blondie Chaplin and Al Jardine — “Sail Away” Colin Clary — “Atlantic Ocean” The Operators — “Across the Ocean” Optiganally Yours — “Oar” Bobby Darin — “Beyond the Sea” Phil Phillips — “Sea of […]
My Internet Radio Playlist, 4/28/15
EPISODE #178: BALTIMORE The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Charlie Poole — “Baltimore Fire” The Extra Glenns — “Baltimore” Spiral Jetty — “Baltimore” Matthew Sweet — “Baltimore” Gram Parsons — “Streets of Baltimore” Elliott Smith — “Riot Coming” The Mekons — “Never Been in a Riot” The Clash — “White Riot” Sonic Youth — “Teenage […]
Movie Review: Revenge of the Mekons
3.5 stars out of 5 I ♥ Mekons. That was the title of their album the first time I saw the band. But I really do heart them. I guess I’d first heard of the Mekons when I was in college and have hearted them ever since. Anyway, there was no doubt I was going to […]
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